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Cross Roads, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Richland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65637. The Survey maps it on the Cureall NW quadrangle.

Cross Roads within Ozark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

50 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Cross Roads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,905 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning30
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 September 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation230713-07726-09172020-1550
17 September 1996Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 September 1999Debris and open burning9.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 September 1995Debris and open burning50 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 September 1995Debris and open burning85 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 August 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ozark County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Cross Roads: 6 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Collins LandIronPast Producer
J C Bond ProspectIronPast Producer
John SkilesIronProspect1953
Pratt LandIronProspect
South Missouri Land Co Number OneIronPast Producer
South Missouri Land Co Number TwoIronPast Producer
T A Manis ProspectIronPast Producer
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ozark County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Bird Springs1.2 miles14
Toccoa1.4 miles15
Sycamore3.2 miles12
Dora3.2 miles15
High Place Lookout Tower3.4 miles14
Dormis4.2 miles14
Oak Mound4.3 miles14
Trail4.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 749534. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.